Around the area & state: Rosenberg woman charged in baby's death

Around the area & state: Rosenberg woman charged in...

1of2Workers document and assess the Spring-area CenterPoint Energy substation where a man who was believed to be attempting to steal copper wiring was electrocuted on Thursday.Photo: Johnny Hanson, Staff

2of2Kelley Gann, 32, was arrested in the death of a 4-month-old baby she was caring for at a Rosenberg motel. Rosenberg Police Dept.

Woman charged in baby's death

A Rosenberg woman has been arrested in the death of a 4-month-old baby she was caring for at a motel.

Kelley Gann, 32, is charged with injury to a child, causing serious bodily injury that resulted in the baby girl's death, Assistant Chief Dallis Warren of the Rosenberg Police Department said Thursday.

Rosenberg police began investigating the case Wednesday after the baby was pronounced dead about 5:15 p.m. at Oak Bend Hospital in Richmond.

A woman at the Woodland Inn & Suites, 4814 Avenue H, had called police about 4:30 p.m. to say the baby was unconscious and unresponsive.

Investigators noted what appeared to be injuries on the child's body, but police said a medical examiner would have to determine the cause of death.

Toxic gas sends 9 to hospital

GALVESTON - Five firefighters and four workers were taken to the hospital after a toxic gas release prompted a shelter-in-place order for Texas City that was lifted Thursday, the city's emergency manager said.

A container failure released about 300 pounds of hydrochloric acid at the Dallas Group site in the port area about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Emergency Manager Bruce Clawson said.

The acid formed a visible vapor cloud that drifted over the port area and possibly over the southern part of the city, Clawson said.

The firefighters and workers at the scene of the release were treated and released from Mainland Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Kris Muller said.

Suspected thief electrocuted

A man suspected of trying to steal copper wire has been found dead at a Spring-area electrical substation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office on Thursday said investigators believe Harold Gene Schneider, 37, was electrocuted in the theft process.

A CenterPoint Energy Inc. worker on Wednesday night found Schneider's body at a substation 25201 Interstate 45, north of Research Forest Drive.

Utility spokeswoman Alicia Dixon says there was a momentary electrical outage and an employee was sent to investigate Lt. Dan Norris says a substation fence had been cut and copper wiring was missing. Investigators believe at least one other person was involved.

2 killed in car shot by trooper

MCALLEN - Three people were found wounded, two fatally, in a vehicle that was fired upon by a Texas state trooper in a helicopter.

The incident happened Thursday afternoon near the South Texas border with Mexico near the town of La Joya, about 70 miles northwest of Brownsville.

Katherine Cesinger of the Texas Department of Public Safety says a DPS aircraft was helping a state game warden in a high-speed pursuit when the DPS officer on the aircraft opened fire.

She says two people from the vehicle died, one was injured and six others were arrested. She called the shooting "an enforcement action" but declined to say whether police caused the deaths and injuries. She says the Texas Rangers are investigating.